Garment-hanger.



N0. 762,652. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

J. H. POST.

GARMENT HANGER.

LPPLIOATION FILED NOV. 2, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

inc. 762,652.

UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN H. POST, OF ANDOVER, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE LEADER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OEHARTEORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPO- RATION OF CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,652, dated. June 14, 1904.

Application filed November 2,1903. Seria1No. 179,51Z. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. POST, a citizen of the United States, residing atAndover, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecti- 5 cut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to devices on which garments are placed and supported from a IO nail. hook, or the like; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, durable, and sightly device of this kind which will retain the garments in proper condition to avoid objectionable folding or creasing and 5 one on which different garments may be placed at the same time.

One form of device by the use of which the above objects may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a view in elevation of the improved garinent-hanger with parts broken away to show construction. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the trousers or skirt hanger shown as detached from the frame.

5 In the accompanying drawings the letter (4 denotes the frame or body part of the hanger, thatis preferably made in the form of abow or arch. The ends of this frame are preferably curved or rounded, as shown, to'

4 frame a, and its lower part curvesin the opposite direction, the lines of which gracefully merge in the line of the curve of the frame, so that from the upper edge of the form to a point upon the upper edge of the frame areverse curve is produced. This form and the peculiar shape given to it in connection with the frame a serves to hold a coat or the like as to the shoulders and collar approximately inthe shape assumed when on the wearer, and it has been found to preserve the origi- 5 nal shape of the collar and coat of the garment and to prevent folding and creasing.

A hook b has its shank passing depthwise through the form and frame, the opposite end being curved into hook form and bymeans of which the hanger may be supported.

A support 0 is secured to the under side of the frame, this support consisting of an attaching-limb (Z, arranged to be secured to the frame, and a free or supporting limb e. The stationary or attaching limb has one end 0 bent at an angle to the main portion, and a curve forming a loop. connects the attaching-limb with they free or supporting limb.

A recess a is formed in the frame of the 5 holder, within which the bent end 0 is inserted, and a screw or like part is passed through the loop 0 and serves as a means of securing the opposite end of the support to the under side of the frame. It will be noted that the re- 7 cess and the angularly-disposed end of the support are so arranged that when the opposite end is secured in place said bent end is secured against removal from its recess or socket, the degree of the angle of said bent end to the main part being immaterial so long as it will prevent removal of this end from its socket by a swinging movement with the opposite end acting as the pivot. The free or supporting limb of the support has consider- 8O able resiliency, so that a garment, as a pair of trousers or a skirt, can be inserted at the open end and securely held by the pressure between the rigid and free limb of the support.

The device is particularly adapted for holding a number of garments pertaining to a suit and to retain the garments in their original shape and form without unnecessarily creasing or wrinkling.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garment-hanger, a bowed or arched frame, and a skirt or trousers support secured at each end to the under side of the frame, and adapted to clamp the garment to be held.

2. In a garment-hanger an arch-shaped frame, a trousers or skirt support consisting of a rigid and a free limb forming a clamp for the garment to be held and secured at one end to said frame, said rigid limb being also secured at its opposite end to said frame.

3. In a garment-hanger, an arched frame and a trousers or skirt support including a rigid portion having a bent end engaging a recess in the under side of the frame and the opposite end rigidly secured to the frame.

4. In a garment-hanger, a frame having a recess in its under side, a trousers or skirt support including a rigid portion having a bent end engaging said recess, and a free limb, said support being secured at the oppo site end from the bent portion to the frame.

5. In a garment-support, a garment-holding frame, means for supporting said frame, a clamplike member consisting of a rigid and I a free limb secured at one end to the under side of the garment-holding frame and the rigid limb secured at its opposite end to said frame, said limbs forming a supplemental garment-holder.

JOHN H. POST.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. J ENKINS, LEONA 0. SMITH. 

